RAM Shortage, Seedance, AI Builders, Anxiety, and Curling
Your Weekly Review of News in Technology, UX and AI
Here’s the latest news, resources, and use cases from the world of product, UX, AI and technology. Let’s go:
📊 AI in Healthcare
💸 RAM Shortage
👩💻 Seedance
🤖 AI Builders
🎛️ Product Trends
🤼♂️ AI Anxiety
👥 Curling
Podcast
Harnessing AI in Healthcare: Insights from RJ Kedziora
In this episode of Product by Design, Kyle Evans interviews RJ Kedziora, co-founder of Estenda, a company specializing in custom software and data analysis for healthcare. We discuss RJ’s journey in technology and entrepreneurship, the importance of energy management over time management, and the role of AI in healthcare. RJ shares insights into the challenges and future of AI applications, the need for ethical considerations, and the potential for personalized healthcare solutions. He also offers advice to aspiring entrepreneurs looking to make a difference in the industry.
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News and Useful Reads
The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about
AI companies are gobbling up all the computer chips and RAM in the world right now. So it’s possible we’ll see prices increase for everything as it becomes harder to get components. Or it may just become impossible to get some technology as AI literally takes over the planet.
“RAMageddon” is only getting worse, and there’s no immediate end in sight. Everything that has a computer inside depends on RAM, and almost everything has a computer in it now: farm tractors, hospital equipment, your TV set-top box. RAM is the short-term memory of a device, and AI especially needs lots to juggle all the data it’s processing. And most of that RAM comes from just three companies that are happily prioritizing the AI gold rush over everything else.
China’s latest AI is so good it’s spooked Hollywood. Will its tech sector pump the brakes?
If you’ve been online this week, you’ve probably seen Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt while talking about Epstein. An obvious AI creation, but certainly improved from past iterations.
Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online, with one commonality –– they were created using a new artificial intelligence tool from Chinese developer ByteDance, sparking anxiety over the fast-evolving capabilities of AI.
Several Meta employees have started calling themselves ‘AI builders’
As AI blurs the lines between ideas and prototypes, we’re continuing to see the trend in product management toward full-stack creators.
Meta product managers are rebranding. Some are now calling themselves "AI builders," a signal that AI coding tools are changing who gets to build software inside the company.
Product Management Trends: 11 Shifts Shaping 2026
What are some of the product management trends for this year? Relying less on roadmaps, incorporating AI, and focusing on outcomes.
The most reliable signals about where product management is heading don’t come from think-pieces. They come from the leaders building the future in real time.
How the anxiety over AI could fuel a new workers’ movement
A 2025 Pew survey found that “64% of the public thinks AI will lead to fewer jobs over the next 20 years”, which is probably why only 17% of Americans say AI will have a positive effect on the US over the same time period.
Other Interesting Finds
The Curling Controversy at the Winter Olympics Isn’t What You Think
Curling is probably my favorite Winter Olympic sport. I love watching it. Part of that is the understanding that it’s a sport with an intense “spirit of the game” culture. I used to play Ultimate Frisbee in college and for a club. We had no referees, and the culture was one where you always gave the benefit of the doubt to your opponent. I see that in curling as well. Which is why there was such a controversy with Canada.
But the first rule, and one that’s never up for debate, is called the spirit of curling: A true curler never attempts to distract opponents, nor to prevent them from playing their best, and would prefer to lose rather than to win unfairly. This is where this match went off the rails.